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Abraham Geiger

1810 - 1874

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Abraham Geiger (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם גַיְיגֶר‎ ʼAvrāhām Gayger; 24 May 1810 – 23 October 1874) was a German rabbi and scholar who is considered the founding father of Reform Judaism and the academic field of Quranic studies. Emphasizing Judaism's constant development through its history and universalist traits, Geiger sought to re-formulate received forms and design what he regarded as a religion compliant with modern times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Geiger is the 287th most popular historian (down from 260th in 2019), the 3,486th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,321st in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Abraham Geiger ranks 287 out of 561. Before him are Claude Cahen, Zuo Qiuming, Timothy Garton Ash, Georges Lefebvre, George Buchanan, and Gustave Schlumberger. After him are Marino Sanuto the Younger, Stéphane Courtois, Wilhelm von Bode, Yahya of Antioch, Juan de Mariana, and Marin Drinov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Abraham Geiger ranks 56. Before him are Alexandre Herculano, Maurice de Guérin, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Johann Löwenthal, Giovanni Lanza, and Eliza McCardle Johnson. After him are Ernest Courtot de Cissey, Julian Fontana, Philip Henry Gosse, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Fritz Reuter, and Louis Gallait. Among people deceased in 1874, Abraham Geiger ranks 35. Before him are Countess of Ségur, Gustaaf Wappers, Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, and Lunalilo. After him are Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, Niccolò Tommaseo, Fritz Reuter, Vilém Blodek, Jules Janin, and Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Abraham Geiger ranks 3,488 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Lingelbach (1622), Paul Wallot (1841), Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (1989), Hannes Löhr (1942), and Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1627). After him are Irmgard Seefried (1919), Ludwig Diels (1874), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758), Jackson Browne (1948), John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654), and Paul Augustin Mayer (1911).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Abraham Geiger ranks 34. Before him are Gerardus Vossius (1577), Fritz Fischer (1908), Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701), Hermann Conring (1606), Gustav Hugo (1764), and Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705). After him are Wilhelm von Bode (1845), Ubbo Emmius (1547), Ludwig von Pastor (1854), Walter Burkert (1931), Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), and Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805).

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